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Gun Violence

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health's new dashboard compares shootings with other factors in the city. (Billy Penn illustration; Department of Public Health)
Community
Billy Penn

What you’ll find in the new health department dashboard that tracks city violence

How do shootings relate to employment, education, income and age — and what’s the financial toll on the hospital system and the community?

5 years ago

Delaware State House
Politics & Policy

Delaware Senate approves gun permit requirements and high-capacity magazine ban

Two measures regulating the sale and use of guns in Delaware were approved by the State Senate Thursday afternoon.

5 years ago

Activists hung caution tape around City Hall in Philadelphia on March 26, 2021, to bring the crime scenes they witness in their neighborhoods to city officials’ work place. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly to unveil long-awaited update to its plan to fight gun violence in April

City health officials said the new plan will take a more preventative approach.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks at Olney Transportation Center, where a mass shooting occurred on Feb. 17, 2021. She joined local and state officials in calling for legislative and executive action to stop gun violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Philly police chief says agency can’t fund violence prevention even as spending grows

Philly is spending more on policing now than in the past, yet PPD can’t budget for anti-violence work amid a homicide crisis, the Commissioner Outlaw said.

5 years ago

Philadelphians gathered on 10th street in Chinatown for a solidarity rally and march against violence directed at Asian Americans on March 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Donations for Asian American groups surge after killings

About $25.8 million has been pledged for such groups or causes by nearly 30 philanthropic donors in the aftermath of the shooting.

5 years ago

Golf and Social Bar (NBC10)
Courts & Law
NBC10

L&I shuts down Philly social club where 7 people were injured in mass shooting

An L&I spokesperson told NBC10 Monday that they closed Golf and Social Bar due to coronavirus violations.

5 years ago

Amir Bey Richardson at Francis Myers Recreation Center, where he played as a child and where a 17-year-old boy was recently shot and killed. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Philly’s Black community didn’t create the gun violence epidemic we face

West Philadelphian Amir Bey Richardson writes about his experiences with guns and how U.S. history and struggles for white power have shaped them.

5 years ago

Golf & Social (Google Maps)
Community

Gunman fires into crowd outside Philly bar; 4 critically wounded

Four of the wounded were in critical condition and three were stable, news outlets reported. A person of interest was in custody.

5 years ago

Protesters march down Broad Street
Community
Billy Penn

To stop Philly gun violence, officials should put their money where their mouth is, protesters say

“We are robbing our children of a childhood,” said an organizer of Friday’s rally at City Hall.

5 years ago

In this March 19, 2021, file photo, flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Candice Choi)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The history of violence against Asians and Asian Americans

Last week's mass shooting at an Asian massage parlor was another example of the anti-Asian racism which has heightened with the pandemic. But this racism is far from new.

Air Date: March 24, 2021

Listen 49:46
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Schumer vows vote on background checks after latest shooting

“This Senate will be different,” said Schumer, D-N.Y. “The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country.”

5 years ago

Police outside a King Soopers grocery store where a mass shooting took place
Courts & Law

Suspect charged after 10 people killed in mass shooting at Colorado grocery store

Authorities said Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was from the Denver suburb of Arvada and that he engaged in a shootout with police inside the Boulder store.

5 years ago

The exterior of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility as seen through a fence
Courts & Law

Questions swirl after Philly man’s murder on prison grounds; correctional officers call on commissioner to resign

Days after a young man was murdered on prison grounds, Philadelphia’s union for city correctional officers is calling on Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to resign.

5 years ago

(AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek,File)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 03/22/21

This week; how is Philly's Asian community reacting to the shootings in Atlanta? A new app designed to reduce gun violence is coming soon. And, keeping migrating birds safe.

Air Date: March 22, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
Police tape is pictured at SEPTA's 15th Street Station by City Hall.
Community

Person shot in SEPTA subway station near Philadelphia City Hall

The victim was shot at the Market-Frankford Line's 15th Street Station late Sunday night, SEPTA said.

5 years ago

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